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By EMILY THURLOW

EASTHAMPTON — With a large cardboard presentation board containing a stack of black-and-white photographs tucked under his arm, George Dion strolled through the halls of Maple Street School on Thursday afternoon, remembering what the building looked...

By BRIAN STEELE

NORTHAMPTON — Every time that David Murphy faced a challenge to his tenure as Elector Under the Oliver Smith Will, his opponent received nine votes or less. That is, until Mary “Mimi” Odgers unseated Murphy in Tuesday’s city election with 3,278 votes...

On Tuesday, voters in Holyoke will make some important decisions when they head to the polls on Election Day. There is a robust and impressive field of candidates locked in 14 races for seats on the City Council and School Committee.But no elected...

By Jeanne Ryan and Marjory Ackerman

The New York Post, one of several popular newspapers paying homage to the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, is running a series called, “FDNY Legacy, Hero Father.” The series focuses on firefighters lost on 9/11, and their now grown children who...

By LUIS FIELDMAN

HOLYOKE — On a dark, rainy night on July 9, 1946, about two dozen servicemen aboard a B-17 “Flying Fortress” were returning home from war. They had served in World War II and were flying towards Westover Field from Greenland with their final...

By GRETA JOCHEM

NORTHAMPTON — Longtime downtown business owner Bill Muller thought he had a plan — consolidate his Northampton businesses, Guild Art Supply and Pierce’s Frameshop, and his Easthampton printing business, Big Wheel Press, into one space in the old...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — The creation of a 16-bedroom drug treatment group home continues to move forward at 11 Yale St., where the first resident will move in next week, amid continued opposition from some residents. The Springfield nonprofit Mental Health...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

HOLYOKE — Candidates running for the U.S. House seat in the 1st Congressional District filed campaign finance reports on Wednesday, offering the last look at their fundraising and spending before the Sept. 1 Democratic primary election.The quarterly...

By MARY BYRNE

SOUTH DEERFIELD — For the first time in months, Samantha Daviau felt like she could finally take a breath.Her father, Richard Daviau, owner of Damn Yankees BBQ on Elm Street in South Deerfield, was released from Baystate Medical Center in Springfield...

By BERA DUNAU

EASTHAMPTON — For more than four decades, a star shining over the city from Mount Tom has been a holiday tradition. Now, as residents deal with the novel coronavirus pandemic, the star is again lighting up the night in a gesture meant to spark and...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

EASTHAMPTON — Four newcomers and two incumbents were elected to the School Committee’s six seats on Tuesday.Incumbents Marissa L. Carrere and Cynthia L. Kwiecinski were elected for their second, two-year term and will be joined by newcomers Alexandra...

By ALEX SANZ

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Forty-eight years after he landed on the moon, Apollo 11 astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Saturday rolled out a red carpet for the red planet at a star-studded gala at the Kennedy Space Center.Aldrin, 87, commemorated the upcoming...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

NORTHAMPTON — Two accident victims were taken to the hospital, including one pulled from a burning vehicle, after a man fleeing police on Interstate 91 in Northampton crashed into a truck and a construction sign that struck a police cruiser, according...

By DUSTY CHRISTENSEN

The Interstate 91 northbound Exit 21 on- and off-ramps in Northampton and Hatfield will be closed on Monday from 6:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. due to road work, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.The work is part of a $10.8 million...

NORTHAMPTON — Two projects on I-91 will mean occasional delays for Hampshire County drivers through 2018, according to the Massachusetts Department of Transportation.Resurfacing and related work between Deerfield and Northampton started last month and...

High school graduations are bittersweet times of looking back at accomplishments reached and friendships made, while considering the uncertainties of the journey ahead, whether the chosen path is school, the military or employment.They are also a time...

By JACK SUNTRUP

NORTHAMPTON — Northampton High School’s senior class president Matti Tacy spent much of her commencement speech Sunday talking about the class of 2017’s accomplishments: There were Nickolas Smith and Patrick Quinlan, who won All-American status in...

By NYSSA KRUSE

EASTHAMPTON — Preparing for her commencement speech as salutatorian of Easthampton High School’s class of 2017, Angela Nardi created a Google document where her classmates could leave anonymous shout-outs to one another.Though Nardi said she worked...

By CAITLIN ASHWORTH

GRANBY — After six years at Granby Junior Senior High School, the 79 graduates who walked across the stage Saturday are looking toward the larger world — while staying thankful for their community.Saturday marked the next chapter and the start of...

By NYSSA KRUSE

SOUTH HADLEY — South Hadley High School’s salutatorian Bertram Thomas had a message for his graduating peers: None of them are special.“None of us,” he said, “are statistically likely to make a mark on the history of humanity.”About 140 seniors...